
Show overview
Dear Instructional Designer has been publishing since 2016, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 58 episodes. That works out to roughly 25 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 10 min and 38 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Education show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 7.5 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2016, with 37 episodes published. Published by Kristin Anthony.
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The show about the instructional design journey.
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Ep 57Episode 57: Interview with JR Dingwall
This episode, I am talking with JR Dingwall, a higher ed instructional design consultant. I'm super excited to have JR on the show to tell the story of someone who went freelance for a while and then decided that it wasn't for him.

Ep 56Episode 56: Back Again with Wes Atkinson
This episode we are back with Wes Atkinson, Co-founder and Lead Technical Consultant at Appitierre Ltd, the makers of the Evolve Authoring tool and the Bloom LMS talking about Evolve as a potential tool.

Ep 55Episode 55: Interview with Wes Atkinson
This episode, I’m with Wes Atkinson, Co-founder and Lead Technical Consultant at Appitierre Ltd, the makers of the Evolve Authoring tool and the Bloom LMS. And we are going to keep on theme about the freelancer journey but with a bit of a twist, from the perspective of a vendor.

Ep 54Episode 54: Building a Network
This episode I wanted to talk a bit about how I’ve built and continue to build my network.

Ep 53Episode 53: Freelancing Toolbox
In this episode, I want to share a bit more about my own toolset, in a few categories. We’ll look at business tools, productivity tools, and professional development.

Ep 52Episode 52: Interview with Devlin Peck
This episode, I am talking with Devlin Peck, a recent instructional design graduate student who jumped into freelancing with both feet while still a student.

Ep 51Episode 51: Interview with Christy Tucker
This episode, I am talking with Christy Tucker, an instructional design consultant who has made her name by thinking deeply about what good instructional design is and sharing those thoughts and her learning experiences via her blog. She’s also a frequent contributor the instructional design subreddit, which is where I met her. Today, she is going to tell us more about her journey into freelance instructional design work.

Ep 50Episode 50: Feast and Famine and Freelancing
In this episode, I try my hand at answering one of the toughest questions around becoming a freelancer: How does that whole feast and famine cycle work?

Ep 49Episode 49: Season 4 Opener - My Freelance Journey
In this episode, I take a walk down memory lane and talk about my journey into freelancing.

Ep 48Episode 48: Season 3 Wrap Up
In this episode, I (finally!) wrap up season 3 and talk about the future of Dear ID.

Ep 48Episode 47: Svein-Tore on H5P
In this episode, I sit down with Svein-Tore, the founder of H5P, an amazing open source authoring tool for creating elearning interactions.

Ep 47Episode 46: Simon Date on Open Source
In our last episode with Simon, we segue from using Adapt to the Open Source Way and how Instructional Designers can benefit by jumping in to open source projects.

Ep 46Episode 45: Simon Date on Adapt
Our second chat with Simon Date of King's College, London. We dive deep into "Why use Adapt?"

Ep 45Episode 44: Simon Date on MOOCs
The first of three (I say four in audio) episodes with Simon Date, Adapt developer extraordinaire!

Ep 44Episode 43: A Tale of Two Projects with Zsolt Olah
This episode, I talk with Zsolt Olah, one of my ID heroes, about two different projects that illustrate how context is king.

Ep 43Episode 42: Online Course for a Student Maker Space with Ellen Hayes
This episode, I sit down with our newbiest ID yet, Ellen Hayes, and we talk about her process building an online course for a student maker space.

Ep 42Episode 41: Deep Dive into A Trip Out to Sea
In this teardown episode, I dive into the interactive video/simulation, Sortie en Mer (A Trip out to Sea).

Ep 41Episode 40: Deep Dive into Sponge UK's PFRA Adapt Course
In this teardown episode, I dive into the game-based one-page Adapt course from Sponge UK on following the rules of street fundraising.

Ep 40Episode 39: Supporting Faculty with Online Teaching with Leslie Sandoval
This episode, I sit down with Leslie Sandoval, instructional designer of 11 years, and we talk higher ed and a project supporting faculty with online courses.

Ep 39Episode 38: Building a Quiz with Amazon Alexa and Dr. Dave Fusco
This episode, I’ve got a real treat: a cutting edge tech project from my friend, David Fusco!